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which is not comparable to any other
in the world..." *
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"The World of Yesterday.
Memories of a European"
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for the first time, far from Vienna,
and I have reread Zweig's poignant memoirs
a few times since.
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that I live here now and
more than six years have passed
since I first set foot into Hawelka's.
I still think of Stefan Zweig
when I go there.
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I often need two, to last me through my readings,
with a soft-boiled egg - brain food, you know.
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Saturday morning at
Café Hawelka
Dorotheergasse
Vienna
Images and own text © by Merisi
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I'm catching my breath over your delicious boiled egg...
ReplyDeletePerfection.
No doubt about it.
Lovely pics M - makes me want to go there.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to have this beautiful coffee house to visit, read, and write. Love the photos too.
ReplyDeleteYour viennese cafés make me dream . I wish my fiancé could read english and understand how much I want to come to Vienna ...
ReplyDeleteSo civilized -- though I did just read that Mcdonald's was bringing deep-fried McRibs to Austria. Let's hope I was mistaken and it was Australia.
ReplyDeleteMerisi, I love what Emily D observed.
ReplyDeleteI thank you for letting me see her words. I also thank you for reminding me of Mr H and Mr Z. I must return to the library stacks and check out more of Zweig's books. I must prolong my dreams of Viennese coffee house for just a bit more time.
Thank you again for those wonderful glimpses of Carnival in Venice...some year I will see it with my own eyes.
xo
Paris Breakfasts,
ReplyDeleteHawelka's coffee and eggs are utterly delicious indeed! :-)
Badger,
well, let's go! ;-)
Marilyn,
it is certainly a wonderful place to escape cabin fever! ;-)
Mélanie A.,
ReplyDeletetry to convinces him with images. After all, pictures say more than a thousand words. ;-)
Vicki Lane,
I dare say that some Austrians quite like "Mäcky" - judging from the lines. ;-)
Frances,
thank you for your kind words. I truly appreciate them.